anti-non-intentionality bias

Patrick Kelly
2 min readJan 1, 2021

Here’s a thing that’s bothering me. I think there is a common, hidden axiom in these beliefs:

  • Global warming is a hoax
  • The pandemic is a hoax
  • Covid-19 was made in a lab
  • Global warming may be real, but it’s just a “natural” cycle

These two issues have spawned various (untrue) theories, but what is common across many theories is an assumption if something important/impactful happens, it must have been intended.

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Patrick Kelly

Web/database engineer/gopher. Cycling, photos, yada, yada.